aecurtis  | 24 Aug 2009 8:05 a.m. PST |
The topic speaks for itself. |
| Dan Cyr | 24 Aug 2009 8:15 a.m. PST |
Make a nice table top piece for WWI air games (smile). Dan |
| Cpt Arexu | 24 Aug 2009 8:25 a.m. PST |
They would look better in 54mm. Or Old-School GI Joe scale. |
 Murphy  | 24 Aug 2009 8:31 a.m. PST |
Not yet…but I've been thinking about it…. |
 Wolfshanza  | 24 Aug 2009 8:36 a.m. PST |
Ah-The last resort "Take the enemy commander out" ploy ? |
 Gungnir | 24 Aug 2009 8:36 a.m. PST |
Only if done properly. Just holding a match under a paper model is too simple. There should at least be a metal (or metal looking) twisted frame left over after the flames die down. Also please note that the hydrogen itself burns with an invisible flame, the flames you see are from the combustible parts of the bag, and the crew, naturally. This is rarely depicted correctly. |
| Top Gun Ace | 24 Aug 2009 9:12 a.m. PST |
They will probably set off the smoke alarm, but give it a try, if you want to, and report back. |
| The Jim Jones Cocktail Hour | 24 Aug 2009 9:25 a.m. PST |
If only to provide a proper conduit for the release of hot air. |
| JamesonFirefox | 24 Aug 2009 9:30 a.m. PST |
Always wanted to do a Pulp/VSF game using squadrons of armed airships (NOT areonefs, they look silly to me)so crashed ones would be a necessity. |
| Dave Crowell | 24 Aug 2009 10:25 a.m. PST |
Hmmm…this could be fun. Especially considering that the dope on the Hindenburg was essentially thermite. Let's wrap Hydrogen in thermite, tonight on "Great Engineering Blunders in History" |
| GreatScot72 | 24 Aug 2009 11:08 a.m. PST |
I was expecting something more ambitious.
This seems quite a "Modest Proposal," Allen.  |
| aecurtis | 24 Aug 2009 11:34 a.m. PST |
That's because I'm not too swift. |
| Top Gun Ace | 24 Aug 2009 11:58 a.m. PST |
Check out one of the Mythbusters episodes for details on how to do it up right. |
| DyeHard | 24 Aug 2009 12:11 p.m. PST |
More in the realm of fantasy then history: As no battle field crashes occurred (off the top of my head).
The flames are very short lived, even the ground does not get very burned. Hydrogen flame is invisible to humans, it is the skin burning that you would see. Here are some photos for inspiration:
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link Note some of these were Helium filled. In Hydrogen filled ships the skin is almost always completely gone. As these airships are often near 200 meters long, that would be nearly 2 meters (78 inches) long in 15mm. DyeHard |
| Cpt Arexu | 24 Aug 2009 12:54 p.m. PST |
I always wanted to do an aircraft vs zeppelins game, but I planned to do 1/144 or 1/200 zeppelin and 1/144 aircraft… then i read up on the real history of a/c vs zeps – there's no time it's a challenge. early on aircraft weapons were ineffective, later aircraft weapons were crushing. in neither case is there a chance for the weak side to hurt the strong, so not a fun game… |
| Jamesonsafari | 24 Aug 2009 5:06 p.m. PST |
But those airship carriers of the USN are just too cool. |
| BrianW | 25 Aug 2009 8:55 a.m. PST |
I don't think this question can be properly answered until we determine what colors the flames would be painted, and how to represent the invisible flames.
BWW |
| DyeHard | 25 Aug 2009 11:48 a.m. PST |
You should paint it just like in this photo:
picture Just like the area between the blueish glow of the vaporized metal and the white of the plasmatized nitrogen at the bottom. Or like the area between the top og the burner tube and the broom held over the flame.
link Good luck with the painting: DyeHard |
| Goldwyrm | 25 Aug 2009 12:18 p.m. PST |
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